Collier County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted R+33%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 398,2912024 5-year
- Median household income
- $90,0452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 28.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Aiken County, SC · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Collier CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Collier County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | +73.9% |
| 1928 | +25.7% |
| 1932 | +83.9% |
| 1936 | +82.2% |
| 1940 | +67.7% |
| 1944 | +56.1% |
| 1948 | +13.1% |
| 1952 | +0.8% |
| 1956 | −19.5% |
| 1960 | −21.5% |
| 1964 | −10.9% |
| 1968 | −29.7% |
| 1972 | −61.5% |
| 1976 | −24.8% |
| 1980 | −48.1% |
| 1984 | −57.5% |
| 1988 | −50.3% |
| 1992 | −27.3% |
| 1996 | −26.8% |
| 2000 | −33.1% |
| 2004 | −30.9% |
| 2008 | −22.5% |
| 2012 | −30.1% |
| 2016 | −26.0% |
| 2020 | −24.7% |
| 2024 | −33.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 71,673 | 143,244 | 216,299 | ||
| R | 77,621 | 128,950 | 207,818 | ||
| R | 61,085 | 105,423 | 170,789 | ||
| R | 51,698 | 96,520 | 149,112 | ||
| R | 54,450 | 86,379 | 141,988 | ||
| R | 43,892 | 83,631 | 128,683 | ||
| R | 29,939 | 60,467 | 92,202 | ||
| R | 23,185 | 42,593 | 72,517 | ||
| R | 18,796 | 38,448 | 71,944 | ||
| R | 12,769 | 38,920 | 51,980 | ||
| R | 9,067 | 33,619 | 42,691 | ||
| R | 7,739 | 23,900 | 33,613 | ||
| R | 8,764 | 14,643 | 23,710 | ||
| R | 3,201 | 13,501 | 16,744 | ||
| R | 2,230 | 5,362 | 10,544 | ||
| R | 2,877 | 3,581 | 6,458 | ||
| R | 1,750 | 2,708 | 4,458 | ||
| R | 1,304 | 1,934 | 3,238 | ||
| D | 1,104 | 1,086 | 2,190 | ||
| D | 362 | 247 | 880 | ||
| D | 640 | 180 | 820 | ||
| D | 809 | 156 | 965 | ||
| D | 902 | 88 | 990 | ||
| D | 424 | 37 | 461 | ||
| D | 256 | 151 | 408 | ||
| D | 148 | 15 | 180 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.5%
Irish
11.1%
English
9.4%
Italian
8.8%
American
6.5%
Polish
3.4%
French
2.1%
African American
5.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 53.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$90,045
Collier County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Collier County$90,045
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Collier County ranks in the top 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.1%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)8.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
67.3%
speak English only
Spanish23.4%
Other Indo-European8.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Collier's blend of wealthy coastal retirees and agricultural inland communities has produced some of Florida's most consistent Republican margins, hitting R+33 in 2024 and widening steadily over the past decade.
Collier County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-four points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eight points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $90,045, and a population of 398,291. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Aiken County and Union County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Collier County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Collier County, Florida voted Republican by 33.1 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 216,299 votes cast, 71,673 went Democratic and 143,244 went Republican.
What is Collier County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Collier County, Florida in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Collier County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Collier County, Florida voted Democratic was 1952.
How many people live in Collier County, Florida?
Collier County, Florida has a population of 398,291 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Collier County, Florida?
Median household income in Collier County, Florida is $90,045 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Collier County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Collier County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.